A gelatin silver print of the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. This is a set of four images on one sheet of paper, itself pasted onto a scrapbook page. At top left: Helm, Miss. 4-30-2; at top right: N. from Helm, Miss 4-30-27; at bottom left: Helm 5-9-27; at bottom right: Helm, Miss 4-30-27

A gelatin silver print of the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. This photo shows a stretch of track near Helm, Mississippi. The track, whether purposely or from rising floodwaters, has been raised off the ground. A man sits on the track.